Every personal action accruing on or after July 1, 1995, for which no limitation is otherwise prescribed, shall be brought within two years after the right to bring such action has accrued.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-248
Personal actions for which no other limitation is specified
Applied in 142 court decisions — leading case Logan v. Shealy (1981)
Most recently applied in Smith v. Sullivan (October 2015)
Code 1950, § 8-24; 1954, c. 589; 1973, c. 385; 1977, c. 617; 1995, c. 9.
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